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$50,000 Paid to Winners of Camel Contest

May 13, 1931
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser
Detroit, Michigan, United States
An advertisement for a contest sponsored by Camel cigarettes.
$50,000 Paid to Winners of Camel Contest!

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company takes pleasure in announcing that the decisions of Judges Charles Dana Gibson, Roy W. Howard and Ray Long in the $50,000 Camel Prize Contest have been reached and that prizes accordingly have been awarded as follows:

First Prize, $25,000
James Thomas Sharkey, 101 Train Street, Dorchester, Mass.

Second Prize, $10,000
Mrs. Walter Sweet, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Third Prize, $5,000
Julius M. Nolte, Glen Avon, Duluth, Minn.

5 Prizes of $1,000 each
A. B. Franklin, III, 52 Kirkland, Cambridge, Mass.
John R. McCarthy, 721 Main St., Willimantic, Conn.
Frederick E. Robinson, Coronado Beach, Calif.
Wm. A. Schrader, Brent Apts., New Albany, Ind.

Dr. D. B. Sopeb, 523 E. Brown, Iowa City, Iowa

5 Prizes of $500 each
R. Cartwright, Transp't'n Bldg., Washington, D. C.

Edyth Cochrane, Glenvale Ave., Darien, Conn.
Barbara Lawless, Lancaster Ave., Armore, Pa.
Jane Parsons, 325 E. 79th St., New York, N. Y.
Richard W. Vogt, Green Bay Road, Waukegon, Ill.

25 Prizes of $100 each
Marie Alberts, 6252 So. Spaulding Avel, Chicago
W. B. Barker, Jr., 420 N. Spruce, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Eugene Barton, 3625 La Luz St., El Paso, Texas
Mrs. Edw. F. Daly, 1133 Louisville St., St. Louis, Mo.
Wm. G. Erbacher, 308 No. Front St., Conway, Ark.

Leroy Fairman, 69 Dartmouth St. Forest Hills, N. Y.
Kathryn R. Francis, 448 E. 22d St., Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Alexis Godillot, 191 Waverly Pl., New York
C. W. Grange, 2316 Central St., Evanston, Ill.
C. S. Graybill, Paxtonville, Pa.
John I Griffin, 1208 Jackson, Pueblo, Colorado
David C. Hill, Peyton and Arlington Rds., York, Pa.
Elizabeth Jarrard, Porter Apts., Lansing, Mich.
J. W. Keating, 523 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
J. H. Kennedy, 2627 W. State St., Milwaukee, Wisc.
John Kupelainen, West Paris, Maine
Dr. C. B. Leech, 211 Angell St., Providence, R. I.
Edward Martin, 121 Liddell St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. L. C. Millard, 609 Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, Va.
Eugene Sartini, 745 Chapel St., Ottawa, Ill.
Gregory Luce Stone, 755 Texas St., Mobile, Ala.
Dr. C. I. Thomas, Mount Airy, N. C.
Lee R. Womack, 448 Tenney Ave., Amherst, Ohio
J. Arthur Wood, 21 Burke St., Mechanicville, N. Y.
Emery Herbert Young, Painted Post, N. Y.

In congratulating the winners in the great Camel contest we want at the same time to thank most cordially the approximately million men and women who displayed their friendly interest by sending an entry.

We wish also to thank the millions of smokers throughout the country for the appreciation they are showing for our new Humidor Pack as is evidenced by the notable increase in the sale of Camel cigarettes.

By means of this dust-proof, germ-proof, moisture-proof Cellophane wrapping the rich aroma and full flavor of choice Turkish and mellow Domestic tobaccos have been air-scaled in Camels for you enjoyment.

If you have not tried Camels in the Humidor Pack all we ask is that you switch over to this brand for one day.

After you have learned how much milder, how much cooler, how much more enjoyalbe it is to smoke a perfectly conditioned fresh cigarette, go back to the harsh hotness of stale cigarettes if you can.

Camels Smoke a Fresh Cigarette.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.

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